Clark University was founded in 1887 as the first all-graduate institution in the country. Today, Clark promotes a rigorous liberal arts curriculum within the context of a research experience that addresses challenges on a global scale.
(see more)Clark University was founded in 1887 as the first all-graduate institution in the country. Today, Clark promotes a rigorous liberal arts curriculum within the context of a research experience that addresses challenges on a global scale.
In Clark's robotics lab, students build problem-solving bots
Farmers have acres of fields to look after, and it can be hard to spot an insect infestation before crops endure significant damage. What if a robot could help? That's a question computer science Professor Gary Holness and students are tackling in Clark's robotics lab, the Laboratory for Intelligent Perceptual Systems.
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Oct 7
In Thessaloniki, students explore 'relationship between migration, food, and belonging'
Eleven Clark undergraduate students spent this summer in Greece, researching the history of forced migration and settlement through the lens of food and culture. Their work was part of Clark's newly developed study abroad course, People-on-the-Move Research Studio: Food, Migration, and Belonging in Thessaloniki, funded in part by the Leir Program.
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Sep 30
Students study squirmy medicine: Will robot worms heal what ails you?
Working in the laboratory of Arshad Kudrolli, professor and chair of the Physics Department, the Ph.D. candidate conducts experiments detailing how California blackworms (Lumbriculus variegatus) move through water-filled spaces of various shapes and strictures. Student researcher Simon Bissitt '26 describes the worms he and Kapadia observe wriggling inside various containers as "inspiration models" for those future robots.
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Sep 23
Care farm internship inspires career goals for Meridian Stiller '26
Meridian Stiller '26 worked at the nonprofit Sanctuary One Care Farm, which helps people struggling with health issues heal by participating in farm activities and provides a home to animals in need of rescuing or rehabilitation.
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Sep 9
Steinbrecher fellow catalogs works at Worcester Art Museum
Abbie Hart '25 spent the summer working at the Worcester Art Museum.
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Sep 9
A tree grows in Worcester (75 of them, in fact)
Through a unique partnership with Worcester, 75 new trees have been planted in the Main South neighborhood to add natural beauty to the area and contribute to a healthier, and cooler, environment for residents.
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Sep 3
Fruit flies and fungus, molecules and mutations
For 76 Clarkies, summer was spent in the lab peering into microscopes, analyzing data, studying dung beetles, or mating fruit flies in the STEM Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
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Aug 26
Clark seniors research takes wing
Will Smith '25, M.S. '26, is working on a summer research project in his hometown of Concord, New Hampshire, studying the effects of lupine flowers on the egg-laying behavior and overall performance of the frosted elfin butterfly, an endangered species.
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Aug 12
Clark University Welcomes Class of 2028
Ashley Valois '25, Clark's Undergraduate Student Council president and a political science major, welcomed hundreds of new Clarkies to campus. "You aren't alone," Valois, of Waipahu, Hawaii, said. "At Clark, there is a village of people rooting for you, professors and friends you don't even know yet."
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Aug 26
Noah Katz '26 was ready for his close-up
Noah Katz '26 needs no thesaurus when asked to describe what it was like to walk onto the field at Fenway Park and umpire a game in front of a sellout crowd of 37,000 raucous fans. He easily comes up with a host of adjectives, "incredible," "cool," and "surreal" among them.
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Jun 24
Inclusive excellence is a community effort
Progress on the gender-neutral bathroom initiative, curricula that teach cross-cultural skills, and allyship and advocacy have earned members of the Clark community recognition.
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Jun 10
'Press for justice now, rather than justice delayed'
Clark University awarded 1,376 degrees to the Class of 2024.
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Jun 10
Bridging the cultural divide through language
Natasha Rivas '24 deepened her skills even further during a semester abroad in Osaka, Japan, funded through a prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
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May 20
'Inclusive excellence is a community effort'
Recipients of the 2024 President's Achievement Awards for Inclusive Excellence are Oliver McCormick '24, Amy Daly Gardner, MSPC '05, the Department of Language, Literature, and Culture, and Women's and Gender Studies. Abbie Goldberg, professor of psychology and the director of Women's and Gender Studies, received the Distinguished Inclusive Excellence Award, as did McCormick.
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May 20
'If you're having fun, then why not challenge yourself'
Dillon Remuck '25, a computer science and interactive media major, is a researcher at the University's Strategic Analytics and Institutional Research office (STAIR).
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May 13
'The best way to challenge convention is to challenge yourself'
Clark University has announced the student speakers for the May 20 Commencement ceremony. Laila El-Samra '24, a biochemistry major and student leader who is planning a career in dentistry, will address her fellow undergraduates. Gabe Spindel '23, MBA '24, a second-generation Clarkie preparing to launch his career in Washington, D.C., will speak to members of the graduate school.
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May 6
Students awarded $10K to document, 'uplift voices' of those impacted by climate change
A group of Clark students have received a $10,000 Projects for Peace award to document the experiences of young people in Central Mexico as they deal with the impacts and uncertainty of climate change.
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May 1
'The play's the thing': Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference returns to Clark
A group of undergraduate students presented their scholarship at the 18th Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference, held at Clark for the first time since its inception in 2002.
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Apr 29
Emily Clarke '24 unmasks the propaganda behind the postcards
Emily Clarke '24 has worked on cataloging a collection of Nazi propaganda postcards donated to the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
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Apr 8
'You can see the painter's thoughts through the brushstrokes'
Emily Abney '24, an art history major, recently returned from a research trip to Venice, where she studied art central to her thesis.
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Apr 1
Students were at the table for decision on Dining Services change
Clark has chosen Harvest Table Culinary Group as the University's new hospitality partner.
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Apr 8
Call your mother!
One student from Vermont, one student from Maine, and one idea to create an app that teaches teens communication skills and gives parents a reprieve from worry. Meet ParentLock.
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Mar 25
16 Clark artists featured in ArtsWorcester College Show
Sixteen Clark artists, representing 12 majors, have artworks featured in the 20th Annual ArtsWorcester College Show, an exhibition open to all undergraduate college students studying or residing in Massachusetts.
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Mar 25
Clark teams begin NEWMAC playoff run this week
Clark teams begin New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference playoff run.
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Feb 26
'Bringing art into the world'
Twenty student artists are the first inducted into Clark's Kappa Pi art honor society.
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Feb 26
Funded by $1.1 million in NSF grants, researchers dive into undersea war of the microbes
Many of us hear about cyanobacteria when summertime blooms of toxic blue-green algae lead to beach closings at freshwater ponds and lakes. But cyanobacteria are not all bad - those growing in the ocean produce more than 12 percent of the oxygen we breathe, according to Clark Biology Professor Nathan Ahlgren.
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Feb 20
All in a day's play
"Let me tell you about my typical day." Sajed Ziade '26 suggests this as the best approach to understanding just what it takes to be a gamer at an elite level.
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Feb 5
Curtis Chin puts everything he's learned on the menu
The Clark community gathered for a discussion with Curtis Chin, author of the memoir "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant."
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Jan 29
Trekking from college to career
Career development, workplace tours, and peeks into day-to-day job functions are all on the agenda during Career Trek trips, an opportunity for students to visit companies that employ Clark alumni.
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Jan 22
Two days, one game
In early September, I promised my friend Brien Rondeau '24, president of the Clark branch of the International Game Developers Association (IDGA), that I would participate in a game jam before the semester ended. Game jams are events in which a team tries to build a video game from scratch, usually within 48 hours, and the IDGA typically holds three jams per semester.
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Jan 8